v7 man page for usleep

Query: usleep

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USLEEP(1)                                                      The SuSE boot concept                                                     USLEEP(1)

NAME
Usleep - sleep for the specified number of microseconds
SYNOPSIS
usleep [ usec ]
DESCRIPTION
usleep pauses for the number of usec microseconds. The default is 1 microsecond. If 0 microseconds are specified sched_yield(2) is called.
BUGS
The usleep program uses the usleep(3) function and therefore shows the same weaknesses by any system activity.
SEE ALSO
usleep(3), sleep(1), sleep(3), sched_yield(2).
COPYRIGHT
2001 Werner Fink, 2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
AUTHOR
Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> 3rd Berkeley Distribution Jan 31, 2001 USLEEP(1)